But understand this: if the owner of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into.
Luke 12:38 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 If he comes during the middle of the night or near dawn and finds them so, blessed are those slaves. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If he comes in the second watch (before midnight) or the third watch (after midnight), and finds them so, blessed (happy, fortunate, and to be envied) are those servants! American Standard Version (1901) And if he shall come in the second watch, and if in the third, and find them so, blessed are those servants. Common English Bible Happy are those whom he finds alert, even if he comes at midnight or just before dawn. Catholic Public Domain Version And if he will return in the second watch, or if in the third watch, and if he will find them to be so: then blessed are those servants. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants. |
But understand this: if the owner of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into.
But at midnight there was a shout, ‘Look! Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’
“But know this: if the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.